August 27, 2025
Consider this your fair warning, but whether you heed it or not will make all the difference!
The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — are thrilled to announce the thoroughly fitting October 31st release of their latest masterwork Don’t Go In The Forest.
The band also shared the video for ‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors’.
Watch it HERE / Pre-save the album HERE
Watch it HERE / Pre-save the album HERE
“It has become a necessity to me over the years to be able to answer one question: Why is this important? It can’t be just another album. We need to discover something, try something else. It has to come from the heart. What is being said matters,” says vocalist Eckerström regarding the release of single, ‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors’.
“In days of isolation and despair, maybe we need to be reminded that we are not alone? We are one of many. Maybe we also need a reminder that the burden is on our shoulders? To get it done, we need to do the fighting ourselves. In our shared pain, we find solidarity.”
“The secret ingredient is that we still feel like we’re just getting started. ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ is an album filled to the brim with stuff we’ve never done before,” continues Eckerström. “It’s all songs and concepts we haven’t been close to touch until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.
“It would have been impossible to make this album at any other time than now. That’s all we ever wanted, and I think you’ll find it’s all you ever wanted too.”
The track listing for Don’t Go In The Forest will be revealed in due course. The band has previously shared ‘CAPTAIN GOAT’ and ‘In the Airwaves’. Will you enter the forest via the new track?
Avatar have gone from strength to strength over the past several years. There’s the critically acclaimed, 2023-released album Dance Devil Dance, which included rock radio chart topper ‘The Dirt I’m Buried In’. Not to mention the scores of sold-out headline shows across the globe and having an actual fossil named after them. The list goes on and on. But the past is the past and the future is, well, dark in the best possible way and that’s JUST how Avatar like it!’
“In days of isolation and despair, maybe we need to be reminded that we are not alone? We are one of many. Maybe we also need a reminder that the burden is on our shoulders? To get it done, we need to do the fighting ourselves. In our shared pain, we find solidarity.”
“The secret ingredient is that we still feel like we’re just getting started. ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ is an album filled to the brim with stuff we’ve never done before,” continues Eckerström. “It’s all songs and concepts we haven’t been close to touch until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.
“It would have been impossible to make this album at any other time than now. That’s all we ever wanted, and I think you’ll find it’s all you ever wanted too.”
The track listing for Don’t Go In The Forest will be revealed in due course. The band has previously shared ‘CAPTAIN GOAT’ and ‘In the Airwaves’. Will you enter the forest via the new track?
Avatar have gone from strength to strength over the past several years. There’s the critically acclaimed, 2023-released album Dance Devil Dance, which included rock radio chart topper ‘The Dirt I’m Buried In’. Not to mention the scores of sold-out headline shows across the globe and having an actual fossil named after them. The list goes on and on. But the past is the past and the future is, well, dark in the best possible way and that’s JUST how Avatar like it!’
So in true ‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors’ style, Avatar will spend the foreseeable future (if not forever) on the road starting with the band’s biggest show EVER in Mexico City, followed by a huge headline tour in 2025/26 and then a summer tour supporting Metallica.
Back in April the band announced their A Night To Be Torn Apart headline tour, with Alien Weaponry as special guests, but have now rebranded the tour as In the Airwaves along with announcing additional support from Norwegian Feminist Black Metal group Witch Club Satan, as well as Norwegian Death Jazz band Agabas for select dates.
See below for a complete rundown of the band’s planned tour activity for the next two years.
2025 MEXICO & USA HEADLINE
Fri, Oct 31, 25 — Mexico City, MX — The Pepsi Center
Wed, Nov 5, 25 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
Thu, Nov 6, 25 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory San Diego
Fri, Nov 7, 25 — Riverside, CA — Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Sat, Nov 8, 25 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
Mon, Nov 10, 25 — Seattle, WA — Moore Theater
Tue, Nov 11, 25 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theatre
Wed, Nov 12, 25 — Boise, ID — Revolution
Fri, Nov 14, 25 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
Sat, Nov 15, 25 — Denver, CO — Fillmore
Mon, Nov 17, 25 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
Tue, Nov 18, 25 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee
Thu, Nov 20, 25 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit
Fri, Nov 21, 25 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
Sat, Nov 22, 25 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live!
Sun, Nov 23, 25 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring
Tue, Nov 25, 25 — Huntington, NY — Paramount
Wed, Nov 26, 25 — Boston, MA — House of Blues
Fri, Nov 28, 25 — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall
Sat, Nov 29, 25 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte
Sun, Nov 30, 25 — Louisville, KY — Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Tue, Dec 2, 25 — Chicago, IL — Riviera Theater
Thu, Dec 4, 25 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works
Fri, Dec 5, 25 — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
Sat, Dec 6, 25 — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
Sun, Dec 7, 25 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues
2026 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR
Thu, Feb 5, 26 — Stockholm, SE — Fållan
Sat, Feb 7, 26 — Helsinki, FI — Kulttuuritalo
Mon, Feb 9, 26 — Oslo, NO — Sentrum Scene
Tue, Feb 10, 26 — Copenhagen, DK — Vega
Wed, Feb 11, 26 — Osnabrück, DE — Die Botschaft
Thu, Feb 12, 26 — Brussels, BE — A.B.
Sat, Feb 14, 26 — London, UK — Exhibition
Sun, Feb 15, 26 — Manchester, UK — Academy
Mon, Feb 16, 26 — Glasgow, UK — Barrowland
Tue, Feb 17, 26 — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
Wed, Feb 18, 26 — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy
Fri, Feb 20, 26 — Amsterdam, NL — AFAS Live
Sat, Feb 21, 26 — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
Sun, Feb 22, 26 — Zürich, CH — Komplex
Tue, Feb 24, 26 — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz
Wed, Feb 25, 26 — Madrid, ES — La Riviera
Fri, Feb 27, 26 — Lisbon, PT — LAV
Sat, Feb 28, 26 — Bilbao, ES — Santana 27
Mon, Mar 2, 26 — Lyon, FR — Le Cube
Tue, Mar 3, 26 — Milan, IT — Alcatraz
Wed, Mar 4, 26 — Vienna, AT — Gasometer
Thu, Mar 5, 26 — Munich, DE — Tonhalle
Fri, Mar 6, 26 — Cologne, DE — E-Werk
Sat, Mar 7, 26 — Paris, FR — Le Zenith
Mon, Mar 9, 26 — Wiesbaden, DE — Schlachthof
Tue, Mar 10, 26 — Zlin, CZ — Sports Hall Datart
Wed, Mar 11, 26 — Warsaw, PL — Stodola
Thu, Mar 12, 26 — Berlin, DE — Columbiahalle
Fri, Mar 13, 26 — Hamburg, DE — Docks
SUPPORTING METALLICA — SUMMER 2026
Sun, May 24, 26 — Frankfurt, DE — Deutsche Bank Park
Thu, Jun 11, 26 — Budapest, HU — Puskas Arena
Fri, Jun 19, 26 — Dublin, IE — Aviva Stadium
Sun, Jul 5, 26 — London, UK — London Stadium
Fri, Oct 31, 25 — Mexico City, MX — The Pepsi Center
Wed, Nov 5, 25 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
Thu, Nov 6, 25 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory San Diego
Fri, Nov 7, 25 — Riverside, CA — Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Sat, Nov 8, 25 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
Mon, Nov 10, 25 — Seattle, WA — Moore Theater
Tue, Nov 11, 25 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theatre
Wed, Nov 12, 25 — Boise, ID — Revolution
Fri, Nov 14, 25 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
Sat, Nov 15, 25 — Denver, CO — Fillmore
Mon, Nov 17, 25 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
Tue, Nov 18, 25 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee
Thu, Nov 20, 25 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit
Fri, Nov 21, 25 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
Sat, Nov 22, 25 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live!
Sun, Nov 23, 25 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring
Tue, Nov 25, 25 — Huntington, NY — Paramount
Wed, Nov 26, 25 — Boston, MA — House of Blues
Fri, Nov 28, 25 — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall
Sat, Nov 29, 25 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte
Sun, Nov 30, 25 — Louisville, KY — Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Tue, Dec 2, 25 — Chicago, IL — Riviera Theater
Thu, Dec 4, 25 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works
Fri, Dec 5, 25 — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
Sat, Dec 6, 25 — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
Sun, Dec 7, 25 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues
2026 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR
Thu, Feb 5, 26 — Stockholm, SE — Fållan
Sat, Feb 7, 26 — Helsinki, FI — Kulttuuritalo
Mon, Feb 9, 26 — Oslo, NO — Sentrum Scene
Tue, Feb 10, 26 — Copenhagen, DK — Vega
Wed, Feb 11, 26 — Osnabrück, DE — Die Botschaft
Thu, Feb 12, 26 — Brussels, BE — A.B.
Sat, Feb 14, 26 — London, UK — Exhibition
Sun, Feb 15, 26 — Manchester, UK — Academy
Mon, Feb 16, 26 — Glasgow, UK — Barrowland
Tue, Feb 17, 26 — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
Wed, Feb 18, 26 — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy
Fri, Feb 20, 26 — Amsterdam, NL — AFAS Live
Sat, Feb 21, 26 — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
Sun, Feb 22, 26 — Zürich, CH — Komplex
Tue, Feb 24, 26 — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz
Wed, Feb 25, 26 — Madrid, ES — La Riviera
Fri, Feb 27, 26 — Lisbon, PT — LAV
Sat, Feb 28, 26 — Bilbao, ES — Santana 27
Mon, Mar 2, 26 — Lyon, FR — Le Cube
Tue, Mar 3, 26 — Milan, IT — Alcatraz
Wed, Mar 4, 26 — Vienna, AT — Gasometer
Thu, Mar 5, 26 — Munich, DE — Tonhalle
Fri, Mar 6, 26 — Cologne, DE — E-Werk
Sat, Mar 7, 26 — Paris, FR — Le Zenith
Mon, Mar 9, 26 — Wiesbaden, DE — Schlachthof
Tue, Mar 10, 26 — Zlin, CZ — Sports Hall Datart
Wed, Mar 11, 26 — Warsaw, PL — Stodola
Thu, Mar 12, 26 — Berlin, DE — Columbiahalle
Fri, Mar 13, 26 — Hamburg, DE — Docks
SUPPORTING METALLICA — SUMMER 2026
Sun, May 24, 26 — Frankfurt, DE — Deutsche Bank Park
Thu, Jun 11, 26 — Budapest, HU — Puskas Arena
Fri, Jun 19, 26 — Dublin, IE — Aviva Stadium
Sun, Jul 5, 26 — London, UK — London Stadium
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